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Proletarians of the North : Mexican Industrial Workers in Detroit and the Midwest, 1917-1933 (Latinos in American Society and Culture, #1)
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Zaragosa Vargas's work focuses on this little-known feature in the history of Chicanos and American labor. In relating the experiences of Mexicans in workplace and neighborhood, and in showing the roles of Mexican women, the Catholic Church, and labor unions, Vargas enriches our knowledge of immigrant urban life. His is an important work that will be welcomed by historians of Chicano Studies and American labor.
- Print length304 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherUniversity of California Press
- Publication dateMarch 2, 1999
- Dimensions6 x 0.76 x 8.98 inches
- ISBN-100520219627
- ISBN-13978-0520219625
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"An important contribution to a small but rapidly expanding historical literature that documents the variety and complexity of the Mexican experience in the United States. . . . Vargas not only illuminates an aspect of that experience that has been little appreciated and understood by students of Chicano history, but also offers compelling evidence that bringing Mexican workers into full view requires scholars to look through the prism of class as well as the prism of ethnicity. . . . A fine book that is certain to inform and challenge ethnic and labor historians alike."--Clete Daniel, Industrial and Labor Relations
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"An important contribution to a small but rapidly expanding historical literature that documents the variety and complexity of the Mexican experience in the United States. . . . Vargas not only illuminates an aspect of that experience that has been little appreciated and understood by students of Chicano history, but also offers compelling evidence that bringing Mexican workers into full view requires scholars to look through the prism of class as well as the prism of ethnicity. . . . A fine book that is certain to inform and challenge ethnic and labor historians alike."--Clete Daniel, Industrial and Labor Relations
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- Publisher : University of California Press
- Publication date : March 2, 1999
- Edition : First Edition
- Language : English
- Print length : 304 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0520219627
- ISBN-13 : 978-0520219625
- Item Weight : 14.4 ounces
- Dimensions : 6 x 0.76 x 8.98 inches
- Part of series : Latinos in American Society and Culture
- Best Sellers Rank: #3,021,488 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1,808 in Labor & Industrial Relations (Books)
- #1,817 in Labor & Industrial Economic Relations (Books)
- #2,239 in U.S. Immigrant History
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